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"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist. Not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushua in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." Moshe Dayan, address to the Technion, Haifa, reported in Haaretz, April 4, 1969.

"We came to this country which was already populated by Arabs and we are establishing a Hebrew, that is a Jewish state there. In considerable areas of the country we bought the lands from the Arabs, Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not know even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you, because these geography books no longer exist; not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahalal arose in the place of Mahalul, Gevat — in the place of Jibra, Sarid — in the place of Haneifs and Kefar Yehosua — in the place of Tell Shaman. There is not one place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population"

Nice try with the fake quote. Orang is the typical islamist propagandist.

Progressive Atheist

Hey, look everybody. Leunig is showing sympathy towards the Palestinians. He must be an anti-semite!

“OK..Now..The Palestinians, once again, proved that they are the most stupid of all Arabs, definitely much more ignorant than this 80 year old Yemeni desert dweller with the piece of qat in his mouth. Once again they proved how dumb they are. Palestinians, YOU ARE MORONS. ”

And he reports a very angry response from Lebanese to Hezbollah’s game plan.

Addamo you are very non discriminating with your sources. Arab propaganda is frequently debunked and they have a poor record for reporting truthfully. There are abundant examples of this.

Now that I have proven it to be fake, retraction anyone?

orang

Oh yeah, that's right the Arabs sold it all their land to the Jews – so what the fuck are they complaining about?

orang

Wait a minute. If the Arabs were selling their land ti the Jews that means there was someone there before the Jews. Is this right? You mean the dessert was blooming before the Jews ? I don't accept this. Help me!!!!!

Captain, that is hopeless. You know that other forums would not tolerate that kind of nonsense. Pull your socks up, mate. Seriously.

Captain

the problem with leftists such as yourself is that you are completely one eyed. Rather than passing judgment on me (a fond leftists tradition), why don't you tackle your mate for inventing quotes. Your gay chivalry is completely misguided.

Which part of making up quotes is constructive? Surely you don't think that inventing comments is helpful to a debate? Outrage! Outrage! Where is the head tilting? The nail biting? Mercy!

Which part of Ant's assertion that the Cold War was a beat up was constructive?

Which of Addamo's garbled quotes from arab propaganda sources is constructive?

I have never met a less constructive or more pathetic group of of Israel haters and Islamist apologists in my life. Look back at everything that orang has said and my comment about him is merely a sober observation.

I mean its a complete giggle every time Addumbo or orang accuses a dissenter of taking the zionist pay cheque.

So what are you contributing? Do you honestly think that statements like, "I have never met a less constructive or more pathetic group of of Israel haters and Islamist apologists in my life" are useful to anyone or anything?

Addamo

Which part of Ant’s assertion that the Cold War was a beat up was constructive?

Uh I dunno, maybe the bit abotu the fact that is was provent o be a beat up. I knwo it's hard for you to keep up with the news captain, but this stuf is old news.

Which of Addamo’s garbled quotes from arab propaganda sources is constructive?

My grbled quotes? Which quotes were they? i merely asked you to provide evidence that the quote from Orang was taken out of context. You are seriously loosing it Captain.

I have never met a less constructive or more pathetic group of of Israel haters and Islamist apologists in my life.

I never met such a biggoted liar that takes such pleasure is seeing palestinain Arabs being killed.

I mean its a complete giggle every time Addumbo or orang accuses a dissenter of taking the zionist pay cheque.

again, I have never accused nayone of accepting money for their voews onthis list. More proof that you are an inssuferable imbecile.

If you want constructive, go here. If you have difficulty with ad hominem, tidy up your own house first and leave orang to defend himself.

A dead link from a dead head.

Captain

Call a spade a spade mate. You can't do that? The left have never been able to acknowledge its shortcomings. So consider it a favour I am doing for you.

Addamo

You can’t do that? The left have never been able to acknowledge its shortcomings.

As oppose to the right whioch has been such a wonderful example to humanity.

John Dean makes the case (with data he uncovered) that many conservatives (ie. right wingers) of today need an authoritarian figure to guide them and they willingly do whatever it takes to please that figure. Dean cites G. Gordon Liddy as the perfect example of a guy willing to be shot in the street to indulge his master. He highlights the fear mongering that the Bush administration has been using for years now as a model that allows the concept to be implemented. The way Tom Delay controlled the House is another perfect illustration of this behavior. Dean is a Barry Goldwater conservative.

Juts though this might help explain the condition you are aflicted with Captain.

its a pit that your protector has deleted 4/5 posts that I have made refuting all of the points that were made by Addumbo and others. Funnily though the vehement antisemitic postings remain. I guess that is the flavour of the moderator.

viva peace

Addamo

Is that "proof" of the Cold War as a beat-up the same as yuor "proof" that the Holocaust was a beat-up and "propaganda myth?"

Addamo

Viva,

When are you goignto stop lying?

Is that “proof” of the Cold War as a beat-up the same as yuor “proof” that the Holocaust was a beat-up and “propaganda myth?”

When did I ever say that teh the "the Holocaust was a beat-up" and a “propaganda myth?” You really are suffering from dementia.

Addamo

its a pit that your protector has deleted 4/5 posts that I have made refuting all of the points that were made by Addumbo and others.

Clearly these dissapearing posts are as much a fabrication as your idea that anything you have to present suffices as a rebuttal.

Well, I did answer all your questions but was censored. orang is allowed to liberally use expletives and vulgar terms, but because I disagree, there is no tolerance. I just wonder why there is so much tolerance for antisemitism here.

Perhaps you could explain your own tolerance for orang making up quotes.

Captain, I did attempt to reply to your nonsense but my comments disappeared.

Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

JohD

When did I ever say that teh the “the Holocaust was a beat-up” and a “propaganda myth?” You really are suffering from dementia

That should be: 'that the Holocaust is a beat-up is a myth; but it is definitely propaganda.'

Today, it is customary to launch aggressive wars from the pulpit of a Holocaust memorial. Unfortunately, the memorialising of the Holocaust needs to be value judged according to its use; and it's use today is the opposite to its stated purpose. The decent thing to do is to protest the memory of war dead, that serves to create more war dead.

Captain

leftvegdrunk no doubt you are repressed.

Addamo

Perhaps you could explain your own tolerance for orang making up quotes.

that hasn;t stopped you has it Captain? You still hapr on about Iran's leader calling for Israel's destruction, when this statement has long been debunked.

Captain

debunked in your mind but not in reality. those ketuysha's that are paid for by iran that are destroying property and killing civilians may also be imaginary.

Addamo

debunked in your mind but not in reality.

On the cintrary -very much in reality. You are havinga lto fo trouble keepin gup these days aren't you?

those ketuysha’s that are paid for by iran that are destroying property and killing civilians may also be imaginary.

As oppose to the missiles, and bombs used by the IDF, which are paid for by…..The US of course. And what did Olmert say to Condi when she called for "restraint"? He told her to bugger off. What a class act!!

How many Israeli’s have been killed? 2? And was this before or after Israel made their incursion and attacks on Lebanon?

Israel has destroyed 10 bridges, how many roads, a power station, a university, government buildings, the airport in Lebanon, over a dozen dead children, and over a hundred people in Lebanon alone, in the last few days. Hell, they even shot at a FOX news reporter yesterday (who was wearing a flak jacket that had PRESS in big letters written on it).

You must be loving this Cpatain. All the Palestinian blood you could hope for on the streets. try not to poay with yourself on the bus when you think of that. Looks bad.

On the cintrary -very much in reality. You are havinga lto fo trouble keepin gup these days

Can you please stop drinking before you blog?

You must be loving this Cpatain. All the Palestinian blood you could hope for on the streets. try not to poay with yourself on the bus when you think of that.

I think that I care more about Palestinian blood than they do. It is they who repeatedly call for martyrs. This is not merely a call for victory but for the loss of their own lives. It is part of their culture and this has been demonstrated to be part of their school curricula.

So Israel should just tolerate hundreds of missiles into sovereign territory? Are you joking? Lebanon, Syria and Iran are to blame and they will be severely punished. If bridges are used for illicit purposes they are bombed, same with roads, airports etc. Israel are being remarkably disciplined in their responses.

Here are the postings. It is clear from that thread that you are the one who introduced the comment about greedy "yids". This proves without a doubt that you are a coward and a scum sucking liar.

# Addamo Jul 11th, 2006 at 7:55 am
Yes I would agree that interest in the Holocaust is high, but my point was that the Holocaust is beginning to approach it’s used by date in terms of international currency.

# 11 Comical_Ali Jul 11th, 2006 at 9:38 am
those money grubbing yids and their filthy holocaust. If only Hitler had done the job properly…right Adddamo?

# 12 Addamo Jul 11th, 2006 at 9:58 am
those money grubbing yids and their filthy holocaust. If only Hitler had done the job properly…right Adddamo?

Money grubbing? Who aid anything about that Comical? What is it now Comical? You trying a new angle on the Holocaust denial accusation trick, only in reverse? Trying to provoke some outrage here are we? Tsk Tsk. You are wayyyy to obvious my friend.

There are more books being written on politics and international affairs in general. I suspect that the Holocaust subject is gaining in popularity partly due to the greater international awareness and interest in the Middle East in general. No doubt you will also find more books on the subject of Islam, the Koran, the nation building of the Middle East, and US foreign policy.

Comical_Ali

ROFL!

No further comment

Addamo

No further comment

Especially seeing as you fell for the comments posted by an imposter either playhing a joke on you or trying to discredit me.

I had no access to the internet between the 2nd and 8th of this month. Ant has confirmed that someone using my ID, but a diffrent password and IP, was posting as Addamo to this forum.